At Horse's Ass, David Goldstein has a lengthy investigative story [http://www.horsesass.org/?p=5191] detailing a case of sexual harassment at the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR). According to a 62-page document obtained from public records, a young woman who worked at the DNR quit her jo
Craig Rennebohm provides a refreshing look at compassion and caring for Seattle's outcasts in Souls in the Hands of a Tender God: Stories of the Search for Home and Healing on the Streets (Beacon Press, 2008 194 pages).
Timber! The Seattle Times has a series of special reports about the lack of oversight in the logging industry and the cost to state taxpayers [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008050123_logging14.html]. According to the report, no one checked when Weyerhaeuser started clear-cutting u
I happen to be one of those Buddhists who believes in rebirth. I might be the only Buddhist, however, who believes that mean girls are reborn as aphids [http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/gaphids.html] and continue to prey on the young, the beautiful, and the innocent. In my cas
Environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [http://www.robertfkennedyjr.com/] recently paid a visit to Washington and sang its praises [http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/07/rfk_son_faults_bushs_environme.html], but I'm not sure why he'd be welcome these days.
